I had a couple of hours of free time recently so I decided to whip up a roof rack.
OK I lied. It took a hell of a lot longer than I thought. A LOT longer. I ended up making 3 at the same time. 1 for me, course, 1 for my good friend Jeff and 1 for my brother who doesn't even have an XJ yet.:rolleyes:

Thought you guys wouldn't mind some pics. (plus it gave me a chance to try my new digital camera).

Rob
http://ca.photos.yahoo.com/bc/xjtank/lst?.dir=/roof+rack&.view=t

agent scully

March 22nd, 2003, 07:02 pm

good job, they look very professional.

pony

March 22nd, 2003, 09:09 pm

:beer

Tarzan

March 22nd, 2003, 10:43 pm

Excellent work! Did you also build the bumper and sliders? How about the rear bumper, has it been changed as well? You vehicle looks great and my sister in laws 98XJ would benefit from the armor if you are looking for work.

xjtank

March 23rd, 2003, 09:05 am

Originally posted by Tarzan
Excellent work! Did you also build the bumper and sliders? How about the rear bumper, has it been changed as well? You vehicle looks great and my sister in laws 98XJ would benefit from the armor if you are looking for work.

Built the sliders about 3 weeks ago. 2" tube 1/4 wall. Bolted to the unibody and the pinch seam.

Built the bumpers, front and rear last year about this time. The rear follows the pattern as the front with some small changes.
3/16 wall tube both. Made them air tanks. Heavy mounting brackets tie way back into the unibody with multiple bolts anchoring front and rear.

nfc

March 23rd, 2003, 04:20 pm

looks good.:beer what size tube/pipe is that?also what is the bottom made of?thanks Norm.

wascobi

March 23rd, 2003, 09:26 pm

love those rockers ( nudge nudge wink wink )

hostile

March 24th, 2003, 03:06 am

That is definitely some *fine* work... almost makes me want to buy a Jeep! ;)

If you're looking for some work, I'd be interested in talking to you about some rock sliders and a HQ skid plate for my Pathfinder. :welder

xjtank

March 24th, 2003, 08:27 am

Originally posted by nfc
looks good.:beer what size tube/pipe is that?also what is the bottom made of?thanks Norm.

The pipe is 1" EMT. Light, strong and cheap. Also being galvanized, if the powder coating chips off it won't rust.
The bottom has 1" cross bars. Sitting on it is metal screen that's made up of 3/16 rod that's welded up with about 4" spacing. Forgot where I scrounged it up.

Welding up other projects for people, if only I had the time. Sorry but my weekends are quite full. I only do this for fun for now.

I`ve been thinking about welding my own roof rack for my runner and i live in cloverdale, anyway icould i come take a look at your proud acomplishment? :p i was trying to figure out where you were from the pictures but i couldnt figure it out:(

:beer

johnny

March 25th, 2003, 12:21 pm

That is nice Freakin work. They look awesome. Cheers to you :beer :beer

xjtank

March 25th, 2003, 01:15 pm

Originally posted by Drake
I`ve been thinking about welding my own roof rack for my runner and i live in cloverdale, anyway icould i come take a look at your proud acomplishment? :p i was trying to figure out where you were from the pictures but i couldnt figure it out:(

:beer

No problem. Give me call. 576-4470. I'm up on Clayton Hill. If I'm not home, leave a message and I'll get back to you.

Rob

Drake

April 3rd, 2003, 09:14 am

What did you use to connect the lights to the rack? im purchasing a rack this friday and was just wondering how you did it, is it just clips or something? sorry for the newb question

xjtank

April 3rd, 2003, 09:44 am

Originally posted by Drake
What did you use to connect the lights to the rack? im purchasing a rack this friday and was just wondering how you did it, is it just clips or something? sorry for the newb question

I had welded pieces of 3/16 flat bar to the tube with holes drilled in. Good and solid. No vibration in the lights at all.

XjCountry

April 10th, 2003, 10:38 pm

That is some super nice work you did. Just the stuff i'm looking for for my 95xj;) I wish i could fab like that!
Jared:redneck

GetdaBoot

April 14th, 2003, 09:46 pm

Nice work, looks good.:beer

Broncosis

May 30th, 2003, 12:43 pm

I'llpost pics of my new racks as son as I paint them

thanks for the idea

tjbob

May 31st, 2003, 08:06 pm

Nice Rack.I just made one for an 1998 cherokee that my boss owns.It holds all his camping gear 12' alu boat and motor.It turned out not to bad for my first rack.It took me 8 hours.I have made a lot of other stuff for my Tj.I all so had stickers made up for my stuff,in the hope that I can sell this stuff some day when I have more time on my hands and buy another welder I had to sell the one I had. Pics at www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291787079&singin_cookie_sent=1

eaikau

June 5th, 2009, 08:50 am

Well I couldn't see any of the pics that were posted so I made my own ghetto racks to hold my surfboards. My truck doesn't have gutters so $60 at home depot and a few hours beats $700 at the local Rack store. I used 4 exterior door hinges so I just pop 4 pins to remove the racks. I still have to put the other U-Bolt over the pipe. Pics are at this URL: http://cid-aa409e5a4cc93ce7.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Ramcharger

I had a couple of hours of free time recently so I decided to whip up a roof rack.
OK I lied. It took a hell of a lot longer than I thought. A LOT longer. I ended up making 3 at the same time. 1 for me, course, 1 for my good friend Jeff and 1 for my brother who doesn't even have an XJ yet.:rolleyes:

Thought you guys wouldn't mind some pics. (plus it gave me a chance to try my new digital camera).

Rob
http://ca.photos.yahoo.com/bc/xjtank/lst?.dir=/roof+rack&.view=t

Would be nice to look but linky's bust.

Andy

Zibi

June 5th, 2009, 05:19 pm

Would be nice to look but linky's bust.

Andy

I'm sure it wasn't busted 6 years ago when he posted it ;)

xjtank

June 22nd, 2009, 02:11 pm

Holly crap! talk about waking up a dead post....

In case anyone missed the pics 6 years ago.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12828591@N07/sets/72157601985120440/

Ironhorse33

June 28th, 2009, 04:54 pm

Nice work. I like the way the Hi Lift sits. got a close up or instructions on how you did that? I'd like to do mine that way also and have the choice of having it on my rear bumper and roof rack.